Bringing together UNDP Food Systems’ former initiatives, this section highlights their contributions to advancing food systems transformation. It showcases key results, lessons learned, and lasting impacts that continue to inform and shape ongoing work.

Launched in response to growing challenges across agriculture and food systems, the Co-Inquiry for Food Systems Transformation convened practitioners and systems thinkers to explore pathways for accelerating systemic change, generating insights that continue to inform UNDP Food Systems’ work.

From Commitment to Action focused on forest-positive activities, through the collaborative development of country roadmaps, highlighting policies and investments, and further actions needed to fulfill the commitments made by governments and companies to reduce deforestation from commodities.

Global Dialogues brought together multi-stakeholder processes focused on key food systems issues, such as addressing agricultural commodity-driven deforestation and promoting systemic transformation in coffee-producing countries. Through country-level and sectoral dialogues with governments, private sector partners, and practitioners, the initiative generated insights and collaborative pathways to inform sustainable, inclusive approaches to food systems change.

The flagship Good Growth Partnership united with NGO and UN agency partners to foster change at the global, national, and subnational level. The aim: halting deforestation from agricultural commodity supply chains while ensuring resilient livelihoods for small producers.

The UNDP-implemented Global Sustainable Supply Chains for Marine Commodities (GMC) project, was an initiative to transform seafood market and policies through the establishment of multi-stakeholder dialogue roundtables (National Commodities Platforms) and by actively engaging international seafood markets in response to growing demand for responsibly sourced seafood.

In Private Sector Engagement, the Value Beyond Value Chains initiative engaged major private sector players in working more closely with governments, moving beyond their own supply chains to realise more far-reaching positive change.